Terrified Students Hide and Barricade Themselves During UCLA Lockdown

Share this:

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.

Please enable Javascript to watch this video

They hunkered down in classrooms, bathrooms and dormitories. They shoved makeshift barricades against classroom doors and armed themselves with crude weapons. They texted frantic family members and friends and took to social media. They avoided windows and doors. They whispered.

The alert had gone out Wednesday morning, the week before finals. An active shooter on UCLA’s campus.